The fact that you don't consider "a drink or two" as a relapse is a pretty strong indication to me that you either don't have a strong enough recovery plan, or that you haven't fully accepted your addiction. Did your inpatient treatment teach you that drinking occasionally was going to be OK, or is your addiction telling you that?[/QUOTE]
Maybe I phrased that incorrectly. I do think that having a drink or two, regretting it, then getting right back to sobriety vs going back to your pre-sobriety drinking levels (and probably then some) is a bit different. I suppose in the first instance you catch yourself before falling off the cliff. That's not my addiction talking, that's just common sense. Now, if I could just HAVE one or two and be done with it, I wouldn't be on this board in the first place! :-) The rehab I went to did not advocate trying to moderate; I imagine few do. What I'm gathering is that many people try moderation after a period of abstinence, hence the relapse rate.